Lawrence County, Missouri

administration
Lawrence County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Vernon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 East Courthouse Square Mount Vernon, MO 65712-1444
Foundation :	1845
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	38,634 (2010)
Population density :	24.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1589 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

The Lawrence County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 38,634 residents and a population density of 24.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mount Vernon , which was named after the country home of George Washington in Virginia .

geography

The county is located in southwest Missouri in the Ozarks , about 50 km from Arkansas to the south and about 50 km from Oklahoma and Kansas to the west . It has an area of 1589 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. The following neighboring counties border Lawrence County:

	Dade County	Greene County
Jasper County		Christian County
Newton County	Barry County	Stone County

history

Lawrence

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4859	-
1860	8840	81.9%
1870	13,067	47.8%
1880	17,583	34.6%
1890	26,228	49.2%
1900	31,662	20.7%
1910	26,583	-16%
1920	24,211	-8.9%
1930	23,774	-1.8%
1940	24,637	3.6%
1950	23,420	-4.9%
1960	23,260	-0.7%
1970	24,585	5.7%
1980	28,973	17.8%
1990	30,236	4.4%
2000	35.204	16.4%
2010	38,634	9.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Lawrence County was formed in 1845. It was named after James Lawrence (1781–1813), a naval officer who became famous with the saying: "Don't give up the ship" in the British-American War of 1812 after he was fatally wounded.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 38,634 people in 15,043 households in Lawrence County. The population density was 24.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 15,043 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.4 percent of the population.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,350 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,777. 17.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lawrence County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Barry County}

structure

Lawrence County is divided into 14 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Aurora Township	9472	29-02566
Buck Prairie Township	4067	29-09442
Sanctuary township	549	29-25930
Green Township	442	29-28972
Hoberg Township	706	29-32428
Lincoln Township	1664	29-42806
Mount Pleasant Township	922	29-50582

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Mount Vernon Township	7560	29-50690
Ozark Township	1658	29-55784
Pierce Township	6586	29-57440
Red Oak Township	410	29-61040
Spring River Township	2199	29-70090
Turnback Township	1351	29-74104
Vineyard Township	1048	29-76228